Today all of our groups will take some time to tour Washington D.C. and then return for another night of programming. Tonight we will hear a powerful witness from Jewels Green who will share her journey and conversion from a pro-choice employee of an abortion clinic to a pro-life speaker and activist. After hearing stories like Jewels I think people will be reminded on how God never gives up on us and is longing to love us. Stories of conversion remind us that nothing is more powerful than a conversion of heart. This is why we can’t just try to change laws on life issues, but we need to change individual hearts.

The Young Adult track will have Cherie Short, member of Concerned Women for America, to discuss how to increase the pro-life influence by changing the hearts and minds of lower level politicians.

I look forward to the day when we can see past the lies, embrace the truth and become a Generation of Life.

Tonight the keynote speaker, Serrin Foster from Feminists for Life, gave a riveting talk about what it means to care for not only the unborn babies, but also the mothers, especially those mothers who are in difficult situations during their unplanned pregancies.

After traveling countless hours (16-20) in 31 packed buses, pilgrims of Generation Life will be arriving at their hotel in Washington D.C. for some well needed stretching and rest. Tonight will be an awesome evening of programming for all 3 tracks – High School, 8th Grade, and Young Adults! Sometimes the truth in Life can be hard to hear in our world today, but it is up to each of us to weed out the lies so we can clearly see what is real and true. Monday night we continue to seek this truth out together. Read more »

Andrea Koenemann is preparing for her third trip to the March for Life in Washington, D.C., this week, and she's as anxious and excited as ever to share that journey with her friends.

Koenemann was one of about 400 teens, decked out in sweats and warm boots, who met at St. Cletus Parish in St. Charles Jan. 19 for a Mass and send-off before boarding buses to make the 20-hour overnight journey to Washington. St. Cletus was one of five satellite locations across the archdiocese that held send-off Masses for all 1,600 teens participating in Generation Life, the annual pilgrimage sponsored by the archdiocesan Catholic Youth Apostolate's Office of Youth Ministry.